Cloud Architect

Cloud Architect Intermediate

Personnel Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Business Administration Science, Mathematics, or Engineering.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with integration, systems analysis, or programming experience within Cloud environments.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience developing systems requirements and design specifications.

Must have 5 to 7 years’ demonstrated experience in:

• Developing software according to software development lifecycles (SDLCs), including DevOps, Agile, Lean, Iterative, or Waterfall.
• Designing, deploying, and migrating secure and maintainable systems for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) environments.
• DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, containers, and related best practices for cloud deployment.
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure or ServiceNow.
• Proficient in at least one high-level programming languages such as Python, Ruby, or Go.

Capabilities

• Understanding of and ability to evaluate new technologies for fit in current infrastructure architecture.
• Understanding of cloud-based architectures, web servers, caching, application servers, load balancers, and storage.
• Familiarity with loose coupling, stateless systems, and best practices for designing cloud-ready applications.
• Understanding of cloud federation technologies such as SAML, OAuth, and OpenID Connect and how to apply these technologies to enterprise and public-facing applications.
• Awareness of cloud information security risks and best practices, especially in highly secure operating environment.
• Experience transitioning legacy systems to cloud ready architecture.
• Experience with route tables, access control lists, firewalls, NAT, HTTP, DNS, IP, and OSI Network.
• Familiarity with government cloud deployment regulations/compliance policies such as FedRAMP, FISMA, etc.